Comments on: Could A SAG Civil War Prevent An Actors Strike? http://themovieblog.com/2008/12/could-a-sag-civil-war-prevent-an-actors-strike The Official Home of Correct Movie Opinions Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:54:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: DramaTvQueen http://themovieblog.com/2008/12/could-a-sag-civil-war-prevent-an-actors-strike#comment-176862 DramaTvQueen Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:55:25 +0000 http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/12/could-a-sag-civil-war-prevent-an-actors-strike#comment-176862 Oops, I mean SAG, not SGA (bangs head on wall) Oops, I mean SAG, not SGA (bangs head on wall)

]]> By: DramaTvQueen http://themovieblog.com/2008/12/could-a-sag-civil-war-prevent-an-actors-strike#comment-176861 DramaTvQueen Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:54:48 +0000 http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/12/could-a-sag-civil-war-prevent-an-actors-strike#comment-176861 Exactamundo. Not to mention that TV has not regained some of the audience it lost during the WGA strike. These viewers realised that there's life beyond tv watching! An SGA strike will siphon off more viewers, something they can't afford now. Although I sympathise with SGA's reasons for the strike, I sympathise with the production crew the most. IN the WGA strikes, they suffered the most. Having the SGA strike will be a double whammy for them, especially since many have not yet recovered from the WGA strike. Someone should form a union for these folks to protect them from all these WGA and SGA strikes... ;) Exactamundo. Not to mention that TV has not regained some of the audience it lost during the WGA strike. These viewers realised that there’s life beyond tv watching! An SGA strike will siphon off more viewers, something they can’t afford now.

Although I sympathise with SGA’s reasons for the strike, I sympathise with the production crew the most. IN the WGA strikes, they suffered the most. Having the SGA strike will be a double whammy for them, especially since many have not yet recovered from the WGA strike.

Someone should form a union for these folks to protect them from all these WGA and SGA strikes… ;)

]]> By: Meli http://themovieblog.com/2008/12/could-a-sag-civil-war-prevent-an-actors-strike#comment-176715 Meli Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:49:23 +0000 http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/12/could-a-sag-civil-war-prevent-an-actors-strike#comment-176715 John, your thoughts are exactly my thoughts. If a strike occured there would little sympathy or support and a pile of blacklash. John, your thoughts are exactly my thoughts.

If a strike occured there would little sympathy or support and a pile of blacklash.

]]> By: Katherine http://themovieblog.com/2008/12/could-a-sag-civil-war-prevent-an-actors-strike#comment-176693 Katherine Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:27:39 +0000 http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/12/could-a-sag-civil-war-prevent-an-actors-strike#comment-176693 Actually if the WGA hadn't gone on strike, they would have gotten monumentally screwed. It's not perfect, but they did get something out of it. I picketed with them for weeks even though I'm not a member and I know people who were affected on all sides. There's too many people in my own union who think they should have shut up and stayed miserable like the rest of us, which is completely retarded. A union's supposed to fight for you and you should get paid for your work instead of boned, refused pay, and then have existing benefits taken away. It was a balls move on the side of the studios and the strike happened for good reason. But I agree with the rest. The economy's in too much trouble right now for a strike to have any impact, public favor would probably work against them, and some folks were saying on Nikki Finke's site that the industry would just go AFTRA if they tried a strike. SAG needs a fair deal, but this might be something to negotiate later, and if they're not united right now, it'll just be easier for the studios to get through to them. Strike later, not now. Actually if the WGA hadn’t gone on strike, they would have gotten monumentally screwed. It’s not perfect, but they did get something out of it. I picketed with them for weeks even though I’m not a member and I know people who were affected on all sides. There’s too many people in my own union who think they should have shut up and stayed miserable like the rest of us, which is completely retarded. A union’s supposed to fight for you and you should get paid for your work instead of boned, refused pay, and then have existing benefits taken away. It was a balls move on the side of the studios and the strike happened for good reason.

But I agree with the rest. The economy’s in too much trouble right now for a strike to have any impact, public favor would probably work against them, and some folks were saying on Nikki Finke’s site that the industry would just go AFTRA if they tried a strike. SAG needs a fair deal, but this might be something to negotiate later, and if they’re not united right now, it’ll just be easier for the studios to get through to them. Strike later, not now.

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